Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2023年2月 亞博匯 30 Culture Secretary Chui Sai On (who would go on to become Chief Executive of Macau from 2009 to 2019), Venetian’s Raymond Chan, the founder of Korea’s Paradise Group, the late Chun Rak-won, then-PAGCOR Chairman Efraim C Genuino, then-MGM Mirage Development Vice President Mel Hansen, STDM’s founder, the late Dr Stanley Ho and his children Pansy Ho and Lawrence Ho, Genting’s founder, the late Lim Goh Tong, and his son and now-Genting Chairman Lim Kok Thay, then-Venetian COO Frank McFadden, then-IGT Asia Managing Director Scott Winzeler and Wynn Macau founder Steve Wynn. Even Donald Trump, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Cindy Crawford got a mention in passing! Topics covered were the Philippines including PAGCOR and the Subic Diamond casino, the shortage of skilled staff in a burgeoning new casino location called Macau, the Genting Group, the upcoming Macau properties of MGM and Wynn, an MGTO-led “Macau week” in Las Vegas, IGT slots in Asia, and – proving the more things change the more they stay the same – the prospects of casinos in Japan and Thailand! COVER STORY